163P/NEAT

For other comets discovered by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking survey, see Comet NEAT (disambiguation).
163P/NEAT
Discovery
Discovered byNear-Earth Asteroid Tracking (644)[1]
Discovery dateNovember 5, 2004
Designations
2004 V4
Orbital characteristics
EpochFebruary 10, 2012
(JD 2455967.5)
(Uncertainty=2)[2]
Aphelion5.470 AU (Q)
Perihelion2.056 AU (q)
Semi-major axis3.763 AU (a)
Eccentricity0.4535
Orbital period7.30 yr
Inclination12.71°
Last perihelionAugust 5, 2019[3][4]
April 12, 2012[3]
January 31, 2005[5]
Next perihelion2026-Nov-24[4]

163P/NEAT is a periodic comet discovered on November 5, 2004 by Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT) using the 1.2 meter Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.[1]

Precovery images of the comet were found by Maik Meyer in December 2004.[6] There were two images from 1997, two images from 1991, and three images from 1990.[7]

During the 2005 perihelion passage the comet brightened to an apparent magnitude of about 16.[8]

Around November 17, 2114, the comet will pass about 0.117 AU (17,500,000 km; 10,900,000 mi) from Jupiter.[9]

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